6th grade Science- D11 schools, Colorado Springs, C)

Sarah H. (United States of America)
Academic Word list for all 6th grade science classes across the district in D-11 Colorado Springs, Co.
The phrases: food web,kinetic energy,periodic table, potential energy....were not available to be defined in Visual Thesaurus. I entered individual words, but meaning may be lost without combination. Seek teachers' definitions.
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  1. atom
    the smallest component of an element
  2. calculate
    make a mathematical computation
  3. constructive
    tending to improve or promote development
  4. consumer
    a person who uses goods or services
  5. density
    the amount per unit size
  6. destructive
    causing damage
  7. electron
    an elementary particle with negative charge
  8. erosion
    the process of wearing or grinding something down
  9. gravity
    the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
  10. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  11. kinetic
    relating to the motion of material bodies and their forces
  12. energy
    forceful exertion
  13. matter
    that which has mass and occupies space
  14. molecule
    the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
  15. neutron
    a subatomic particle with zero charge
  16. periodic
    happening or recurring at regular intervals
  17. table
    furniture having a smooth flat top supported by legs
  18. potential
    existing in possibility
  19. procedure
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  20. proton
    a stable particle with positive charge
  21. rate
    a quantity considered as a proportion of another quantity
  22. relationship
    a mutual connection between people
  23. safety
    being certain that adverse effects will not be caused
  24. species
    taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
  25. speed
    a rate at which something happens
  26. transfer
    move from one place to another
  27. velocity
    distance traveled per unit time in one direction
  28. volume
    the property of something that is great in magnitude
Created on Mon Aug 24 15:42:42 EDT 2009

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